[Terriergal]

Tsunami is an accurate term for this turn of events. Many will be drowned, left 'homeless', and spiritually destitute.

simply cannot continue doing church the way we have been

Famous last words. The lampstand is long gone. Since when do you 'do' church anyway? It's what you ARE. So apparently they 'are not' the church if they have to change. And they'll do everything BUT what is good and necessary, a return to the pure truth of the Word.

[ZGuy]

This is incredibly sad. The denomination has rejected the authority of scripture and is hemorrhaging members, so in response they say they are going to change by re-writing of the denomination's Form of Government??

Unbelievable.

[Salvation]

First the Episcopalians,
Now the Presbyterians?

I think we all need to pray for the Lord to be our guide.

[Lee N. Field]

A change in PC(USA)'s Form of Government would focus more directly on local congregations and provide more flexibility. If the new Form of Government is adopted when the General Assembly considers it next year in June, it would be a "significant change," according to Pammen.

Just guessing, they'll set things up so that (effectively) local bodies can do what they want about homosexuality and they won't get harrassed by "fundies". Just a guess.

This all sounds like spin to me.

"Big ships turn slowly," he had said.

First time I read that I read it as "Big ships burn slowly".

[PAR35]

they cannot continue "doing church" the way they have been.

The story is short on detail. Is Louisville going to shift from economic blackmail to physical coercion to keep pastors and churches in line?

[Manfred the Wonder Dawg]

This book http://antonbosch.org/books.html is a very good, Biblical antidote to a cultural infection.

[DesScorp]

They’re fools if they don’t realize that the problem isn’t their beauricratic structure...it’s the fact that they went leftward and started ignoring what the Bible says. Try telling St. Paul “yes, we ordain practicing gay men as pastors”.

[wmfights]

Breakaway Presbyterians have expressed their discontent with the PC(USA)'s "bureaucratic, centralized authority, and hierarchical top-down leadership"

Good for them. Trust Scripture. The earliest churches didn't have a hierarchy either.

[ovrtaxt]

AWESOME!!

Good. May the wind of God blow through and bring a freshness and newness. This is excellent news. The old wineskin has finally worn out.

“Behold, I do a new thing....”

[joebuck]

I think it was these apostate churches (and those who support them) Jesus was referring to in the “I never knew ye” passage from Mat. 7:21-23

[Marysecretary]

Are they so dense that they can’t realize that Christ’s way is the ONLY way? They’ll continue to lose members if they don’t change their thinking and quit being so darn liberal.

[bert]

there is no word about all the bleeding heart lefties that think the church is the Audobon Society or the Sierra Club and is but another institution for use as a societal tool to promote their agenda.

I’m glad to know that there are others who have left

[Cvengr]

"Then the pilot and flight attendants leave and another crew comes onboard. Then, first thing you know, you are heading down the runway and on your way and will perhaps arrive ahead of time. It’s like that in the church.”

To continue the analogy, the others who left might not want to run the risk of the new crew piloting the vessel via uncharted waters into slightly warmer latitudes.